It snowed all day and all night.
The Xu family's backyard was covered in a sheet of white snow, about two inches thick.
Xu San took a large bamboo broom and struggled to clear the snow.
The work of sweeping snow is really tiring. The key is that the guy's style is not good, the big broom can't sweep clean, and there is also a saboteur.
Tian Xue sat on the pony, eating melon seeds, and happily watched Xu San sweep away the snow, throwing melon seed peels on the ground from time to time.
"Stop watching, why don't you come over to help!"
"I'm a casualty!"
"Even if you are a wounded person and don't work, then don't cause destruction. Wouldn't you throw melon seed peels in a pile?"
"I paid, I'm happy, how about you pay me back?"
Tian Xue stretched out her little hand with the face of a debt collector.
"Don't give it back! You gave it to me!"
"Hmph, liar!"
Tian Xue was very happy to see Xu San's deflated appearance. She had never lived in peace since she was in trouble at Xu San's house.
It's either a warning or a pain in the liver from anger.
But fortunately, although Xu San said something shameless, his hands and feet were still honest. Even if he changed the dressing on his feet, he deliberately avoided it.
After sweating all over, Xu San finally finished sweeping the snow and built a snowman by the way.
However, Tian Xue still helped a lot when making the snowman. Although he was limping with a stick, he seemed much more agile than at the beginning.
There was a rustle on the wall, and Xu San whispered to Tian Xue, who was still playing with the snowman: "Hide quickly, don't let my wife see it."
Tian Xue glared at him fiercely and said nothing. Knowing that she was a shady person now, she limped into the house holding on to the wall.
Xiao Meizi's thin figure appeared on the wall, waving her little hands vigorously: "Uncle Xu San, what are you doing? I just heard someone else's voice."
"You heard it wrong, that's a dog barking."
"Wow, what a big snowman, can I go down and play?" Seeing the big snowman in the yard, the little girl suddenly became playful.
"Have you asked your mother?"
"I didn't ask, my mother has something to do with you!"
"Your mother?"
Xu San was confused. Ma Cui next door was a widow. She usually paid great attention to reputation and would not look for a puppet like him for no reason.
"Yes, my mother and another aunt."
There was another one, Xu San couldn't help but think wrongly.
"What's up?"
"have no idea."
"Okay, just wait, I'll be there right away."
Saying that, Xu San also moved the newly bought ladder, put it on the wall, and came face to face with the little girl.
The little girl pointed to a room in her backyard: "My mother is in the house."
"Okay, I'm going down now."
"Um,"
Xu San followed the wall, climbed over the courtyard wall, and then followed the little girl's ladder to the Ma's courtyard.
"Come this way."
Before Xu San could take a closer look at the courtyard, the little girl took Xu San's hand and walked into the house.
The layout of Ma Cuilan's house is different from that of Xu San's house. It has one room and is very large.
As soon as you enter the door, there is a foyer, with an Eight Immortals table and a few chairs. It is very simple. It seems to be the place where the two of them eat every day.
The master bedroom should be on the left. There was a faint sound of crying coming from inside, but it didn't sound like it was Ma Cuilan.
There are two rooms on the right, one is the kitchen, and the other is nothing.
"Who else is in there?"
"It's Aunt Chu Lian, a fellow villager of my mother's."
Without thinking much, Xu San opened the door and went in. As soon as he entered, he saw Ma Cuilan and a woman wearing a gray cotton floral jacket sitting by the stove talking.
The woman in the flowered jacket had some flowers on her face, and she looked like she had just cried.
"Xu...Brother, why are you here?" Ma Cuilan stood up and greeted, "Come on, let's get on the kang first. It's warm on the kang."
The woman in the flower jacket must be the Chu Lian the little girl mentioned. She looks very familiar with Ma Cuilan.
Xu San didn't take off his shoes, he sat cross-legged on the edge of the kang, took out a cigarette and lit it, then said in a raised and unserious tone: "If I'm not sister-in-law, ask Xiao Meizi to call me." Of?"
The reason why Xu San was acting out of character was because she didn't know this Chu Lian and didn't know what she did, so he had to behave like a normal puppet soldier.
Ma Cuilan was stunned for a moment when she saw Xu San acting like this, but then she understood the general idea: "Just now, we two sisters said that we wanted to ask Third Master for a favor, but we didn't say to go find you. I didn't expect Xiao Meizi to take matters into her own hands." After saying that, he gave the little girl a fierce look and said sternly: "Go! Go play in the yard while the adults talk, don't lean against the wall and eavesdrop!"
Being scolded by her mother, the little girl felt aggrieved and left the house with tears in her eyes.
After taking a deep drag on the cigarette and dropping the ashes on the ground, Xu San said feebly: "Tell me what's going on."
After that, he began to look at Chu Lian unscrupulously.
"Third...Third Master...I...I..."
Chu Lian is not as adventurous as Ma Cuilan. When she sees Xu San acting like this, she is scared to say the least.
Ma Cuilan sighed lightly and grabbed her hand, "Let my sister do the talking."
"That's right, the Zhou family girl came to me this time because of her man's affairs."
"Oh, it's a man in his family who can't do it. He wants me to help him?" Xu San replied with a smile.
Xu San's words were full of teasing. This time, the woman surnamed Zhou was even more frightened. She almost rushed out of the door, but was finally pulled back by Ma Cuilan, "Sister, it's okay."
Ma Cuilan turned her head and glared at Xu San fiercely, saying that it was enough to pretend that it was enough, and don't really scare people out.
Xu San made a helpless expression and signaled to continue.
"The Zhou family girl came to me this time and asked me to find an acquaintance to see if I can find out any information about the man in his family."
Xu San raised his eyebrows. It's hard to find missing people these days.
"Tell me more specifically."
"The man in his family was taken away by the Japanese two nights ago. He never came back and there was no news. The girl from the Zhou family had just married in Ping'an County and was unfamiliar with the place. That's when she came to me to help."
"Oh, I can't tell, she's just a newlywed. How old is she?" Xu San couldn't help teasing her again.
This time, Chu Lian was no longer afraid, and instead knelt down in front of Xu San with a look of determination.
"18, Third Master, I'm 18, please, you must help me, I already have his child in my belly. What if, what if..."
Before she finished speaking, Chu Lian started crying excitedly.
She is no longer afraid of Xu San, or he doesn't care so much now, he just wants to find his husband.
Damn it, it’s all the devil’s fault!
Xu San cursed secretly, jumped off the kang in a hurry, and reached out to help her, "Sister, don't be like this, it's not good if you have fetal force. I'll try my best to find out for you."
"Thank you so much, Third Master." Zhou Lian said and kowtowed again.
Xu San quickly pulled her up with both arms, "Don't be anxious first, or you may get fetal gas."
"Yes." Chu Lian agreed and returned to the original stool, then looked at Xu San expectantly.
